Kelly disappeared in early morning after a night of
bar-hopping with friends in downtown Madison. Her
body was found more than two weeks later in a
ditch. Long after her tragic end, authorities were
still trying to determine the circumstances of her
demise.

“The group plans to start meetings for family and
friends of people in recovery, organize a film
festival, bring in outside speakers and work with
other campus groups to reduce the stigma of being in
recovery.”

“Wisconsin Alcohol Policy project coordinator Julia
Sherman said it’s important to note that more people
die each year from alcohol poisoning than from drunk
driving. She said this predominantly affects young
college-aged drinkers.”

“Underage drinking tickets cost first offenders
$263.50, and get more expensive with subsequent
offenses. Students cited for drinking can also face
sanctions from the university, and many are required
to take an alcohol education course as well.”

“Officers said the man's eyes were watery, glassy
and bloodshot, he smelled of intoxicants and was
having a hard time standing. His preliminary blood
alcohol content was .338, more than four times the
legal limit for driving.”

“The University of Wisconsin-Madison's ranking as
the nation's eighth-best party school was met Monday
not with a toast but a sigh by those who work to
curb underage drinking and the problems that go with
it.”

“UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward says…”
“The university needs to review its off-campus
alcohol guidelines in the wake of an alleged
alcohol-fueled, sexual assault scandal that led a
top athletic department official to resign earlier
this month. But he doesn't necessarily have a
problem with gift funds being used to purchase
alcohol for university-sponsored events."I'm a guy
who is willing to examine anything, but I think the
idea of having conviviality around decent drinking
of alcohol at social occasions, I think many of our
donors are comfortable with that,"”

“--
During at least each of the past four Badger bowl
game trips, Chadima has hosted a party for staff and
student workers who contribute "behind the scenes"
in support of the Badgers football team. This year's
party, which was held in Chadima's
university-paid-for suite at the upscale J.W.
Marriott hotel in Los Angeles, began about 7:30 p.m.
on Dec. 30, lasted into the early morning hours of
the next day and included "alcohol, beer and mixers
from which guests were invited to serve themselves"
-- even though some were under the legal drinking
age of 21.”

“According to an independent report released this
week, Mr. Chadima asked the student, whom he
believed to be gay, to stay behind after the party
to have a drink with him. Mr. Chadima later removed
the student’s belt and inserted his hand inside his
pants.”

Students’ view: “On a campus plagued with alcohol
abuse, nothing can be more important than
education.” “Currently at UW there are two options
for alcohol related punishment: Depending on the
severity of the event, students will either be
issued a warning or have the transgression noted on
their permanent record. BASICS provides an
in-between option, allowing students to learn from
their mistake, but not have it follow them around
for life.”

Based on government data, University of
Wisconsin-Madison and other schools rank high in
number of alcohol violations.
Is this evidence of higher illegal and high risk
drinking on these campuses or a more diligent effort
to control the activities and risk?-----
Source: Federal Department of Education 2009 data

“I see many students who really do stupid things
when they’re drinking,”” said a Madison alcohol
counselor. ““We’ve seen a tremendous number of kids
end up in detox, just because they drink too much,
too fast. Alcohol in Wisconsin is a date rape
drug.””